Improvement in water-closets



Y WILLIAM J. WARREN;

Water Closets..

No. 125,864, i PatentedAprinoJav'z.

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IMPROVEMENT IAN WATER-CLOSETS. 'y

Specification formin part of Letters Patent No. 125,864, dated April 16,1872.

SPECIFICATION. I, WILLIAM JACOB WARREN, of Philadelphia, county ofPhiladelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain Improvementsin Privies yand rater-Closets, of which the following is aspecification:

My invention consists of certain improvements, fully describedhereafter, in the privy for which Letters Patent were granted to me onthe 8th day of November, A. D. 1870, the said improvements beingapplicable to closets in the upper stories of buildings as well as toprivies, and the object being the same as in my said patent-namely toaiord a cheap and cleanly substitute for the usual expensivewater-closets.

In the drawing, Figure l is a sectional view representing myimprovements in privies and water-closets, and Figs. 2 and 3 detachedviews of a basin adapted to the privy-seat.

A represents an oblong and tapering basin, of cast-iron or othersuitable material, secured to the under side of a privy-seat or to aplate -arranged for attachment to the seat, and communicating at itslower end with a well or chamber, B, with which also communicates thewaste-pipe U of ahydrant, D. The privywell or chamber B ma-y be supposedto be situated at the lower end of a yard, or at a distance from thebuilding, of which E represents the cellar; and the said chambercommunicates at the bottom, through a horizontal Or downwardly-inclinedpipe, F, with the lower portion of a similar well or chamber, G,situated close to the building and as directly as possible beneath a boxor chamber, H, contained within a closet in one of the upper storiesofthe building and arranged to receive the waste water from a bath-room,or to be otherwise supplied with water. VThe `box H communicates withthe interior of the chamber G, at the point a, through a pipe, I, andthe upper end of the latter within the box is closed by a hollow plug orvalve, b, provided with a handle, b, by which it can be lifted from itsseat in the said pipe. The chamber G, instead of being connecteddirectly with a culvert, as in my aforesaid patent of November 8, 1870,communicates through a pipe, J, and branch J', with the lower portion ofa vessel, K, situated beneath the floor of the cellar E, furnished witha detachable cap, c, and communicating through a pipe, L, near its upperend, with the adjacent culvert. The chamber G is also furnished with adetachable cap, c', which is removed in order to gain access to a rod,d, connected to a valve, d', adapted to a seat in the mouth of thebranch pipe J at the bottom of the said chamber G. So long as this valved remains closed and the waste water from the hydrant and bathroom arepermitted to pass through the pipes O and I into the chambers B and G,the latter will remain fllled to the height shown in the drawing, thepipe J serving as an overflow and carrying off the water, when it risesabove this point, into the vessel K, and thence to the culvert. The soilfrom the privy is received by the well B or chamber, and that from thecloset or box H bythe chamber G, the water in these chambers serving todilute the soil and other oiensive matters, and preventing theexhalation of noxious vapors. Before the contents of either ofthechambers become foul the valve d should be raised, when the water willat once'rush through the pipes F, J and J, into the vessel K, and thenceto the culvert, carrying with it the o'ensive matter. The vessel Kprevents the entrance of noxious gases from the culvert into eitherofthe chambers G or B, the water in the said vessel serving as a trap toprevent the rearward passage of the said gases. The vessel K also servesas a receptacle for sediment or solid matter which might otherwise finda lodgment in one or other of the chambers, it being readily removedfrom the said vessel on detaching the cap c. The water in the chamber Galso serves as a trap to prevent the escape of gases from the said chamber through the pipe l to the closet'above, and the soil which isdropped into the box H is diluted with and deodorized by the watercontained in the same, this water overflowing and passing through thehollow plug b, and being from time to Atime entirely emptied from thebox H by raising the plug b from its seat in the pipe I.

In many instances the privy can be arr nged to communicate with thechamber G, in which case the pipe F and chamber B can be dispensed withand the waste water from the hydrant be discharged directly into thechamber G. The chamber B, in other words, is only ATENE necessary whereit is inconvenient to arrange the privy at a point directly beneath thewatercloset. Where an elevated Water-closet, however, is not required,one or other of the chambers B or G can be connected directly to thevessel K, but I prefer in all cases to use the latter.

The tapering and oblong basin A, before referred to. has a flange, e, bymeans of which it can be secured to the under side of the privyseat orto a plate adapted to the top of the lat-Y ter, and the said basin ismade in the peculiar shape shown in order to prevent refuse or solidfore-ign matters from being thrown into the Well, as such matter wouldchoke up and interfere with the opera-tion of the apparatus. `It will beevident, also, that the said basin can be used with advantage inconnection with ordinary privies to prevent refuse, 85e., from beingthrown into the Well. I claim as my invention- 1. The combination of theWell G, Wastepipe I communicating with awa-ter-closet, discharge-pipe Jcommunicating with the Well above the mouth of the pipe I, and througha. branch with the bottom, and valve d closing said branch pipe, as setforth. v

2. The arrangement, substantially as described, of the privy,water-closet, chambers B, Gr, and K, and pipes or channels F, I, J, andL, for the purpose set forth.

Y3. A privy or Water-closet basin, contracted at the lower end to forman oblong or elongated opening, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twosubscribing wit- HARRY SMITH.

